Un été inoubliable (1994)

Romania in the 1920's. Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy refuses the advances of her husband's commanding officer. As a result, the cosmopolitan family is reassigned to a dark and dangerous ... See full summary »

Director:

Lucian Pintilie

Writers:

Lucian Pintilie (scenario), Petru Dumitriu (novel)

Stars:

Kristin Scott Thomas, Claudiu Bleont, Olga Tudorache

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy
Claudiu Bleont	...	Capt. Petre Dumitriu
Olga Tudorache	...	Mme. Vorvoreanu
George Constantin	...	Gen. Tchilibia
Ion Pavlescu	...	Serban Lescari
Marcel Iures	...	Gen. Ipsilanti
Razvan Vasilescu	...	Lt. Turtureanu
Cornel Scripcaru
Tamara Cretulescu
Carmen Ungureanu
Mihai Constantin
Ioan Gyuri Pascu	...	(as Ghyuri Pascu)
Dragos Pîslaru
Dorina Lazar
Beatha Fülop

Storyline

Romania in the 1920's. Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy refuses the advances of her husband's commanding officer. As a result, the cosmopolitan family is reassigned to a dark and dangerous outpost on the frontier between Bulgaria and Romania where their relationship and humanity are severely tested.

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Plot Keywords:

outpost | frontier | magyar | horseback riding | bucharest | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | War

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Details

Country:

Romania France

Language:

Romanian French English

Release Date:

11 November 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Un verano inolvidable

Filming Locations:

France

Box Office

Gross USA:

$65,352

Company Credits

Production Co:

MK2 Productions,La Sept Cinéma,Le Studio de Creation Cinematographique du Ministere de la Culture

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a 2002 interview for WENN, Kristin Scott Thomas stated that this is the film that she is the most proud of and views it as the peak of her career. In a 2015 interview for Gloucester Citizen, she cited An Unforgettable Summer as one of the films that she's most proud of alongside The English Patient (1996) and Only God Forgives (2013).

User Reviews

Socialism realism in the 1990s!

The movie depicts the atrocities committed against Bulgarian peasants by the Romanian authorities after reconquering Southern Dobrogea at the end of World War I. Petre Dimitriu, a young army captain heads the local garrison and attempts in vain to prevent the killings. It is difficult to understand why Lucian Pintilie chose an obscure short-story, published in the early 1950s as subject for his film. The author, Petre Dimitriu, was at that time a young writer aspiring for recognition by the communist regime. The autobiographical story tries at the same time to vilify the former regime and to prove that the authors father had dissociated himself from that regime. The story was intended to reinforce the author's credentials and to help him become an aclaimed communist writer before his defection to the West. Lucian Pintilie's direction was not able to annihilate the political background of the story. Therefore, despite its qualities, the film rings like an anachronic revival of the socialist realism of the 1950s.